श्रीनारायण उवाच राधांगद्रवसम्भूतां तां गङ्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
Narayana said: I bow to that Ganga who arose from the essence of Radha's body.
या जन्मसृष्टेरादौ च गोलोके रासमण्डले
Who, at the beginning of creation, in Goloka, in the circle of the rasa dance—
गोपैर्गोपीभिराकीर्णे शुभे राधामहोत्सवे
Surrounded by cowherds and cowherd girls, at the auspicious great festival of Radha—
कोटियोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये लक्षगुणा ततः
Who is ten million yojanas wide, and a hundred times as long as that.
षष्टिलक्षैर्योजनैर्या ततो दैर्घ्ये चतुर्गुणा
Who is sixty hundred thousand yojanas wide, and four times as long as that.
विंशल्लक्षैर्योजनैर्या ततो दैर्घ्ये चतुर्गुणा
Who is twenty hundred thousand yojanas wide, and four times as long as that.
त्रिंशल्लक्षैर्योजनैर्या दैर्घ्ये पञ्चगुणा ततः 2.10.
Who is thirty hundred thousand yojanas wide, and five times as long as that.
षड्योजनसुविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये दशगुणा ततः
Who is six yojanas wide, and ten times as long as that.
लक्षयोजनविर्स्तार्णा दैर्घ्ये सप्तगुणा ततः
It stretches for a hundred thousand yojanas in breadth, and its length is seven times that.
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये षड्गुणिता ततः
It is a hundred thousand yojanas wide, and its length is six times that.
योजनैष्षष्टिसाहस्रैर्दैर्घ्ये दशगुणा ततः
Its length is sixty thousand yojanas, and it is ten times that in length.
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये षङ्गुणिता ततः
It is a hundred thousand yojanas wide, and its length is six times that.
दशलक्षै र्योजनैर्या दैर्घ्ये पञ्चगुणा ततः
It is ten hundred thousand yojanas, and its length is five times that.
सहस्रयोजना या च दैर्घ्ये सप्तगुणा ततः
It is a thousand yojanas, and its length is seven times that.
सहस्रयोजनाऽऽयामे दैर्घ्ये सप्तगुणा ततः
It is a thousand yojanas in width, and its length is seven times that.
पाताले या भोगवती विस्तीर्णा दशयोजना
In Pātāla, Bhogavatī is ten yojanas wide.
क्रोशैकमात्रविस्तीर्णा ततः क्षीणा न कुत्रचित् 2.10.
It is only one krośa wide, and then it diminishes, nowhere else.
सत्ये या क्षीरवर्णा च त्रेतायामिन्दुसन्निभा
In Satya, it is white as milk; in Treta, it resembles the moon.
जलप्रभा कलौ या च नान्यत्र पृथिवीतले
In Kali, it has the radiance of water, and nowhere else on earth.
यस्याः प्रभाव अतुलः पुराणे च श्रुतौ श्रुतः
Its power is incomparable, as heard in the Purāṇas and the Vedas.
यत्तोयकणिकास्पर्शः पापिनां च पितामह
Even the touch of a single drop of its water, O Pitāmaha, purifies sinners.
इत्येवं कथितं ब्रह्मन्गंगापद्यैकविंशतिम्
Thus, O Brahma, the twenty-one verses of the Ganga's glory have been spoken.
नित्यं यो हि पठेद्भक्त्या संपूज्य च सुरेश्वरीम्
Whoever recites them daily with devotion, worshipping the goddess of the gods,
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं भार्याहीनो लभेत्प्रियाम्
A childless man obtains a son, one without a wife gains a beloved.
अस्पष्टकीर्तिः सुयशा मूर्खो भवति पण्डितः
One whose fame is unclear becomes renowned; a fool becomes wise.
शुभं भवेत्तु दुःस्वप्नं गङ्गास्नानफलं लभेत्
A bad dream turns auspicious, and one attains the fruit of bathing in the Ganga.
नारायण उवाच जगाम तां गृहीत्वा च यत्र नष्टश्च सागराः ।। 2.10.
Nārāyaṇa said: He went, taking her, to the place where the Sāgaras had perished.
वैकुण्ठं ते ययुस्तूर्णं गङ्गायाः स्पर्शवायुना
They swiftly reached Vaikuṇṭha, carried by the breeze touched by Gaṅgā.
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं गङ्गोपाख्यानमुत्तमम्
Thus, the entire excellent story of Gaṅgā has been told.
नारद उवाच द्रवतां च गतायां च राधायां किं बभूव ह
Nārada said: When Rādhā departed, what happened then?